CBS, from the 1984 election on, used the opposite scheme: blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, says Wikipedia; however, in 1980 and 1984, ABC used red for Republicans and blue for Democrats.

Viewers who flipped between networks may have become confused as both ABC and CBS filled in the Republicans’ winning states with red and the Democrats with blue, while NBC stuck with its ...

But they didn't agree on a color scheme, so viewers switching between channels might see Ronald Reagan's landslide turning the landscape blue on NBC and CBS but red on ABC. The confusion persisted ...

It’s a question with no definitive answer. From 1984, CBS joined ABC in labeling Republicans red and Democrats blue. CNN switched at the 1992 presidential election and NBC followed suit in 1996 ...

There's a lot to love in the video above, showing ABC's election night ... The Democrats are blue and the Republicans are ... yellow? Why aren't they red? The answer is: Because the assignation ...

For years we have heard about "red states" and "blue states," so this must have been a thing since America established a two-party system...right? Simply put, no. The designation of colors for ...